Covert recording in a time of Covid
The increase in remote telephone and video consultations due to the pandemic has made it easier for patients to record consultations. Is this something that should worry clinicians?
NHS faces hidden backlog in routine hospital care
AROUND 4.7 million fewer people were referred for routine hospital care between January and August 2020 compared to the same period in 2019, according to a report from The Health Foundation.
100-fold increase in number awaiting elective hospital treatment
THE Covid-19 pandemic has led to a 100-fold increase in the number of people waiting over a year for elective hospital treatment in England, according to figures for September published by the NHS.
BDA urges action on service in "crisis"
OVER 14.5 million fewer dental treatments were delivered in England between the March lockdown and September compared to the same period last year and 70 per cent of practices are now operating at less than half their pre-pandemic capacity, according to the British Dental Association.
Corridor care returns in EDs
THE number of patients waiting on trolleys in emergency departments in England increased by 50 per cent in October, with patients waiting longer than 12 hours from decision to admission having quadrupled from September 2020.
Oral cancer still on the rise
ORAL cancer diagnoses in the UK have increased by 97 per cent since 2000, according to a report from the Oral Health Foundation.
Domestic abuse and remote consulting
HOUSEHOLD isolation measures during the pandemic have increased risks for those under threat from domestic abuse. A majority of clinical interactions now being undertaken remotely means reduced opportunities to recognise and act on cases. What can you do to help potential victims?
Insight Secondary Q4 2020
In this issue:
- The exceptional circumstances of dealing with COVID-19 must not be forgotten
- Information overload
- Chaperones in the age of Covid
- Good record keeping essential with remote consulting
- Professionalism in practice
- Investigating a death
- Riding the planet
- Case study - Renal foreign body
- Case study - Wound care
- Case study - Safe working concerns
- Wellbeing: You are not alone
- Ethics: "Know your place"
- Book choice: Dear NHS 100 - Stories to Say Thank You
- Vignette: Frances Hoggan (1843-1927)
Debonded retainer
Dental case study
Repeating risk
Medical case study